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Archive - Jan 19, 2011

VB Film Series/Screening El Benny

<p style="text-align: justify;">El Benny: El Benny is a Cubanfilm released in 2006, directed and co-written by Jorge Luis Sánchez, his first feature length film. It is a fictional story based on the life of the famous Cuban musician Benny Moré. It includes new versions of his songs performed by musicians including Chucho Valdés, Juan Formell, Haila and Orishas. The film premiered in Cuba in July 2006, and was presented at the Locarno International Film Festivalin August 2006, where its star, Renny Arozarena, won the Boccalino prize for best performance for protagonist in all sections of festival. Read More

Venezuela, Cuba outfox U.S. with fiber optic cable

<p style="text-align: justify;">Reuters. Tue Jan 18, 2:36 pm ET. HAVANA (Reuters) – Venezuela will connect Cuba to a high-speed fiber optic cable next month undermining U.S. sanctions prohibiting Cuba's access to nearby underwater lines, the head of the project said on Tuesday. Read More

Cuba Issues Thousands Of Self-Employment Licenses

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Nick Miroff. January 18, 2011. Workers sell goods inside the "Monte-Indio" self-employment market in Havana in September 2010. Cuba's government began laying out the details of its drive to create more free enterprise on the island in September. Officials say 75,000 self-employment licenses have been issued so far.Franklin Reyes/AP Read More

Jamaican nurses head to Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">Tuesday, January 18, 2011. A group of 11 Jamaican nurses who work in the public health sector, along with their educators, will leave the island tomorrow for Cuba to obtain practical experience in the area of nephrology. Read More

Holguin born cyclist keeps on recovering from clash

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Jose A. Chapman Perez / [email protected] / Tuesday, 18 January 2011 09:06. Raul Granjel was a Cuba team member taking part in the Vuelta Costa Rica race. Photo: Juventud Rebelde The outstanding cyclist Raul Granjel Cabreja from the Cuban province of Holguin shows a favorable recovery according to reports by the Mexico hospital, in Costa Rica. Read More

Cuban Broadcast Deal for 2012 Olympics

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Mansha Daswani. Published: January 18, 2011. LAUSANNE: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has granted Instituto Cubano de Radio y Televisión (ICRT) the free-TV and radio broadcast rights to the London 2012 Olympic Games. Read More

New travel rules lead to Tampa-Cuba baseball reunion

<p style="text-align: justify;">BUCK DELATORRE. TAMPA - After 56-plus years, Charlie Miranda remembers throwing two strikes – curveballs – to start the game. The catcher wanted another one, and Miranda shook him off. The catcher told him to waste the next pitch. Miranda did. Read More

Cuba Says Travel Changes Not Enough

<p style="text-align: justify;">(AP)&nbsp; HAVANA (AP) - Cuba said Sunday that the Obama Administration's decision to lift some travel restrictions on students, academics and religious groups and make it easier for Americans to send money were positive steps, but not nearly enough while Washington maintains its 48-year trade embargo on the island. Read More

Buena Fe attracts the audience with its magnetism

<p style="text-align: justify;">AIN / [email protected] / Tuesday, 18 January 2011 09:12. Holguin was no exception. Israel Rojas, director of the Cuban group Buena Fe announced in the city of Holguin that it will perform in Venezuela, Argentina, Spain and the United States in 2011, as part of its international tour.In exclusive statements for AIN, the lead singer of the popular band founded in 1999 explained that these trips will contribute to promote their most recent albums - Extremistas Nobles and Pi 3.14. Read More

Havana to Host International Exhibition on Health Sciences

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.01.17 - 19:31:09 / [email protected]. Havana, Cuba.- The National Center for Information in Medical Sciences (Infomed) of the Cuban Public Health Ministry, has announced the celebration of the 2nd International Exhibition on Audiovisuals in Health Sciences, Videosalud 2011 (Videohealth 2011), for the months of May and June.Among the objectives of the forum, we find to encourage the creation and spreading of audiovisual works of scientific nature and high ethical and aesthetic values, mainly aimed at health priorities in Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as the advances and challenges of world health. Read More